This is a record of my journey as a Muslim. I used to be Catholic and belonged to a missionary organisation. After my conversion, I sat on the board of a Muslim converts' organisation and specialised in da'wah programmes, convert management, interfaith issues and apostasy cases. I am an initiate of a Sufi order. As such, the articles and writings tend to cover these areas.
All the Arabic and graphics could not have been done without the help of my wife, Zafirah.

Friday, 3 March 2017

The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia: Husayn (r.a.) was Wrong to Rebel against Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

The following is a video of the current Grant
Mufti of Saudi Arabia, the Wahhabi scholar, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdullah
ash-Shaykh. Here, he is recorded stating
that Husayn (r.a.), the grandson of
the Prophet (s.a.w.), and one of the
chiefs of the youth of Paradise, was guilty of rebellion against the “rightful
caliph”, the apostate and tyrant, Yazid ibn Mu’awiyah, and exonerates Yazid of
wrongdoing. This is contrary to the
position of the entirety of Sunni and Shi’ah Islam, and is an outrageous slur
upon the Ahl al-Bayt. This is a clear example of the kufr of this sect.

As the Grand Mufti, he is also the head of the
Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas. In this capacity, he has made some controversial
statements and fatawa. In 2007, for example, he announced plans to
demolish the Green Dome over the Rawdhah,
and flatten the maqamat, of the
Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.), as well as
that of Abu Bakr (r.a.) and ‘Umar (r.a.).
Naturally, this met with outrage, and nothing has been done yet.

On the 15th March 2012, he declared
that, “All churches in the Arabian Peninsula must be destroyed.” Again, this is contrary to the sunnah and shari’ah. This is an example
of Wahhabi hostility to non-Muslims and pluralism.

In April 2012, he issued a fatwa allowing ten-year-old girls to get married; he said that
girls are ready for marriage by the age of 10 to 12: “Our mothers and
grandmothers got married when they were barely 12. Good upbringing makes a girl ready to perform
all marital duties at that age.”

In September 2016, he made takfir of the
entire Muslim population of Iran, claiming they were disbelievers, “enemies of
Islam”, and "sons of the Magians.”

Wahhabis are not Muslims. They are a distinct sect, out of the fold of
Islam.